How does the information about the characters and their families reflect culture? the focus on class emphasizes the importance of social hierarchy in indian culture. nagendra’s kindness to the young girl demonstrates that charity toward strangers is expected. surja’s letter to her husband provides an example of a typical relationship in an arranged marriage. the explanation of family relationships makes clear each character’s role in society.

Below is the last stanza of a poem, "dover beach," written in 1876 by matthew arnold. ah, love, let us be true to one another! for the world, which seems to lie before us like a land of dreams, so various, so beautiful, so new, hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, nor certitude, nor peace, nor for pain; and we are here as on a darkling plain swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, where ignorant armies clash by night. which of these statements best describes the remedy arnold proposes for the world? a. look to your dreams for answers to life's questions. b. our faith in each other can shelter us from deceptive chaos. c. in this deceptive world, ignorance requires faith. d. the world may end, but love conquers all.